Leonard v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan. ■ This was assumpsit brought in' March, 1858, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan, by E. B. Leonard and C. P. Ives, citizens of the.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan. ■ This was assumpsit brought in' March, 1858, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan, by E. B. Leonard and C. P. Ives, citizens of the. State of New York, against C. Davis, a citizen of Michigan, A. E. Loomis and J. C, Dore, citizens of Illinois, and’T. Newell, a citizen of Connecticut,-partner's in the lumber business at Muskegon, in the State of Michigan, under the firm-name of C. Davis & Co.1 The suit was brought on a written contract for certain sawT-logs.' The defendants pleaded…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Michigan.
Some brief reference to the pleadings in the cause-will be necessary, in order that the precise nature of the controversy may be clearly understood. It was an- action of assumpsit brought by the present plaintiffs, and the declaration contained two special counts, framed, upon a pertain written agreement signed by the parties.
According to the allegations of the first count, the defendants, on the 6t£ day of November, 1856, bought of the plaintiffs a certain described parcel or lot of pine saw-logs,…
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